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Jesse Berst: "IT's Like This..."
News All things come to those who wait. All the benefits of faster computer chips, at least. If you want a faster, better, more powerful Pentium-based computer, the best thing you can do right now is.wait.
[February 23, 1999, 15:01]
Jesse Berst: "IT's Like This..."
News It's the first round of a prize fight. One fighter gets slapped around good. He gets a bloody nose, gets knocked down a few times, gets his butt kicked. The bell rings and he staggers back to his corner.
[March 25, 1999, 12:35]
Jesse Berst: A field guide to year 2000 paranoia
News Things have reached a feverish pitch around the AnchorDesk offices. Everyone is buzzing about the Big Boss paying a visit. The situation has Tech Director Jon DeKeles grumpier than usual; he figures he'll actually have to smile and be pleasant.
[August 17, 1999, 10:08]
Jesse Berst: The hidden cost of free PCs
News Tech Director Jon DeKeles invited me out for lunch on Monday -- on his nickel. Once I picked myself up off the floor -- he never offers to buy -- I agreed to go. But I suspected a hidden cost. Sure enough, during the meal Jon asked if I'd make a...
[August 18, 1999, 9:14]
Jesse Berst: McNealy's Gates envy could kill Sun
News Obsession and personal animosity make people do strange and stupid things. Latest example: Scott McNealy is on the verge of moving his company off course -- and smack into a brick wall. Sun Microsystems is negotiating to acquire StarDivision.
[August 24, 1999, 9:34]
Jesse Berst: Wake up and break up
News Slap! That's the sound of my cyberslap-upside-the-head-to-Bill Gates. Because he needs to wake up and break up -- before the decision gets taken out of his hands. News reports yesterday indicate the Department of Justice and state attorneys general...
[January 14, 2000, 9:16]
Jesse Berst: Four reasons you're gonna love XML
News The Web -- and the people who use it -- have reached a similar point. Get ready to graduate to XML. XML is short for "extensible markup language. It is based on the same basic principles as HTML, the lingua franca of the Web.
[June 23, 1999, 8:56]
Jesse Berst: What MS and AOL are really fighting about
News In the same way, the instant messaging (IM) tussle between Microsoft and America Online may seem trivial. Particularly if you don't use IM. In reality, the nipping and growling is about a much larger and more important issue -- a giant new market...
[August 9, 1999, 10:01]
Jesse Berst: Stop the audio-standards madness!
News I've never done it. For one thing, I might lose a cuff link. Or I might get hurt. Like you might get hurt if you get sucked in by today's slam-dancing audio vendors. To understand this violent dance-a-thon, you need to know the difference between...
[April 14, 1999, 8:16]
Jesse Berst: The hidden failure of Windows 2000
News That old adage refers to military campaigns.but it could have been written about operating systems. Take Windows 2000, for example. Due this autumn, Windows 2000 is the update to Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft's "serious" operating system for business...
[June 22, 1999, 8:49]
Jesse Berst: Why AMD's Athlon is good news for Intel
News In Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22," the main character tries to get out of a war by proving he is crazy. But the mere fact he wants to get out of the war only shows he isn't crazy -- creating the original "Catch-22.
[August 10, 1999, 15:10]
Jesse Berst: Digital music will rule the world
News This wildly popular compression format lets you shrink audio files to about a tenth of their original size while maintaining near CD-quality sound. MP3 appears lush and green now, but consider the turmoil surrounding it:
[July 9, 1999, 11:46]
Jesse Berst: How Sun and Microsoft are slowing us down
News If you tour the historic Pittock Mansion in Portland, Ore.you'll notice two old-time phones on the wall. Turn-of-the-century Portland had two incompatible phone companies. To reach everybody in town, early residents had to own two different phones.
[September 2, 1999, 10:01]
Jesse Berst: Devastating email worm on the loose
News And very dangerous. Worm.ExploreZip is a virus capable of destroying data. It enters your system through email. If you don't catch it, it may destroy crucial files on your system. Experts aren't sure how far Worm.ExploreZip has spread, but email...
[June 11, 1999, 8:13]
Jesse Berst: Internet health check -- good and bad news
News Doctor Jesse's Summary Likewise, as the Internet grows up, it needs regular checkups to make sure its development is on track.So I got out my cyber-stethoscope. I ran some tests. I consulted specialists.
[June 25, 1999, 10:09]
Jesse Berst: How AOL beat Microsoft to win your future
News America Online makes lousy plumbing (remember its infamous 19-hour outage? but good toilet seats. Now, in AOL's latest effort to make an increasingly important function easier and more comfortable, the online giant is rolling out the Net equivalent...
[July 1, 1999, 9:02]
Jesse Berst: Part 2
News They have. Analysts report computer users are less interested in word-processing or spreadsheet applications and more interested in easy access to the Net. If you want to know what AOL thinks you want next, just look at its other moves.
[July 1, 1999, 9:14]
Jesse Berst: MSN takes another swing at Web
News Mark McGwire wants it. Bad. So bad he used the legal drug androstendione last year to get an edge over rival Sammy Sosa and win baseball's home run crown. Microsoft wants it bad. The Web crown, that is.
[September 24, 1999, 9:57]
Jesse Berst: Make money from your personal home page
News With the holidays just around the corner, e-tailers will try every trick in the book to get you to max out your plastic. So how about a little fair turn-about? Sure, you may have created your home page for fun.
[September 28, 1999, 9:56]
Jesse Berst: The coming M$ crash
News No, I'm not talking about the antitrust trial. Even if Microsoft loses the first round, it is likely to win on appeal. And I'm not even talking about the ever-present risk of new competition or declining PC sales.
[September 13, 1999, 10:38]
